President Obama's initial picks for several cabinet posts withdrew their nominations after the process turned up embarrassing details.
After an initial pick-and-roll between Stoudemire and Smith failed to produce, Anthony held the ball on the left wing.
He relied on the advice of members of Congress and old Washington hands for some of his initial picks, and some have turned out to be less than loyal, in Trump's view.
Several of his initial picks — Stephen K. Bannon as an adviser, Michael Flynn as national security adviser, Jeff Sessions as attorney general — have drawn attention for statements that disparage racial and religious minorities, including Muslims, Jews and African Americans.
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During the announcement, T-Mobile's John Legere assured the audience that their initial picks for streaming services wasn't any sort of competitive/business move.
He scored the winner in the FA Cup semi-final against Everton and almost rescued a hopeless position against Chelsea in the final at Wembley with a goal and a performance that made a nonsense of his non-selection, although Dalglish's initial pick seemed based on sound logic.
Her initial pick to fill the position, geochemist Scott Doney of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in Massachusetts, stepped aside this past January after Senator David Vitter (R-LA) blocked a vote on his nomination as a result of an unrelated dispute with the Obama Administration.
My initial picks for this category: Colorado, Connecticut, Minnesota, New Mexico, and Oregon.
Samaras's conservative government has stumbled off to a rocky start, with its initial pick for finance minister resigning over health problems and the prime minister himself unable to travel to an EU summit because of his eye surgery.
